Eyeglasses.



UNITED STATES PATENT` OFFICE.

LUTHER M. PHILLIPS, OF ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOW. vF. SELLERS, OE ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

EYEGLASSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 692,069, dated January28, 1902.

Application iiled March 12 To all whom, it may concern.-

Beit known that I, LUTHER M. PHILLIPS, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Altoona, in the county of Blair and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inEyeglasses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in eyeglasses; and the obj eet isto provide a noseguard for eyeglasses which is of improved andsimplified construction, which is certain in action, eifective andpleasant in application, and durable in use.

The invention therefore consists in the novel construction andaggroupment of elements, as will be hereinafter specified andparticularly pointed out andfdistinctly claimed.

I have fully and clearly illustrated the invention in` the accompanyingdrawings, wherein- Figure l is a View in front elevation of eyeglassesto which the invention is shown as applied. Fig. 2 is a viewin sectionon the line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of thenose-guards removed from its connection to the frame. Fig. i is a detailenlarged transverse section showing the sectional contour of the spiralsprings. 4

Referring to the drawings, A A designate the eyeglass-frames,connectedin resilient relation by means of a nose-spring 1, the ends ofwhich are clamped and secured in suitable posts 2 2, extending from theinner portions of the frames and formed with vertically-disposed flangedbrackets 3 3, in which the ends of the nose-spring "are clamped byscrews 4, projected through the ends of the nose-spring into thescrew-threaded sockets formed in the said posts. These elements may beof any of the approved patterns or styles suited to the purposes. s

B B designate the nose-guards, consisting of elongated segments ofspiral-spring wires retain the glasses.

1901. semina. 50.813. trommels of proper lengths, preferably iiattenedon one side, as at 5, forming a contacting or bearing surface. Thenose-guardsare held in operative relation to the frames by means of in-5o Wardly-directed and downwardly-extending fastening-pieces 6 6, havingtheir upper ends held between the flanges of the brackets 3 by thescrews 4, and their lower ends suitably secured to the spiralnose-guards at about the 5 5 middle thereof, leaving the upper and lowerportions above and below the point of connection free in their resilientaction against the inelines of the nose. The connection is s so madethat the spirals stand `inwardly in- 6o clined from bottom to top, andalsoinclined from bottom to top to the vertical plane of the frame orglasses, `so that the grasp fits the nose and at the same time holds theglasses in the true visual planein their relation to V the eyes of thewearer.

A nose-guard of the construction above mentioned and as illustrated inthe drawings will be found especially comfortable to the wearer, andtheir continuous use will not wear recesses or corns on `the inclines ofthe nose, yet the grasp has sufficient tension to This may be attributedto the ventilation afforded through the center of the spirals and itsdistribution through the inter'stices of the Walls. v i t What I claimis; 'Ihe combination with the eyeglass-fraine', the nose-spring and theposts holding the nosespring, of brackets secured to the posts, andflexible nose-guards composed of segments of spiral springs having freeends and secured to the brackets intermediate their ends and havingiiattened surfaces to engage the inclines of the nose.

Intestimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LUTHER M. PHILLIPS.

Vitnesses:

J. A. PICKETT, C. C. PATTERSON.

